NATHANIEL MULLIKEN, SR. TALL CASE CLOCK

Works by Nathaniel Mulliken, Sr.,
Lexington, Massachusetts (1722-1767)   Circa 1760

Primary Wood: Cherry
Secondary Wood: Pine

Height: 87 1/2 inches
Width: 21 1/2 inches
Depth: 10 inches

Provenance: Vincent D. Andrus, Connecticut; Ginsburg & Levy, Inc., Mr. and Mrs. George Schick, Connecticut; Private Collection, New Jersey.

Reference: This clock was advertised in The Magazine Antiques, July 1938, page 8. A nearly identical clock case housing a works also Mulliken sold at Skinners Inc., on May 3, 2014 lot 469. For an excellent discussion on the Mulliken family of clockmakers please see Philip Zea and Robert Cheney, Clock Making in New England; 1725-1825, pages 19-20.

Item number 6595.1

Photograph © Bruce M. White